Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 83 events. Showing 31 - 60.
- Seven Years’ War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great’s victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
- War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago.
- The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
- The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
- Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
- The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
- Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
- Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, “Priest-Apostolic” to America and the West Indies.
- A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the latter’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
- The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
- World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
- World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
- A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
- Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
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- Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
- Thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
- The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
- An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
- Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
- World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island’s defenses.
- World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
- Effective surrender of Japan in World War II.
- India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
- The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
- A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
- Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
- Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
- Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
